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Eighth Lesson

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1-Countable Nouns

Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen".
We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:

• dog, cat, animal, man, person

• bottle, box, litre

• coin, note, dollar

• cup, plate, fork

• table, chair, suitcase, bag

Countable nounscan be singular or plural:

• My dog is playing.
• My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

• A dog is an animal.

We can use some and any with countable nouns:

• I've got some dollars.
• Have you got any pens?

We can use a few/ few and many with countable nouns:

• I've got a few dollars.
• I haven't got many pens.
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2-Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them.

For example, we cannot count "milk".

. Here are some more examples of uncountable nouns:

• music, art, love, happiness

• advice, information, news

• furniture, luggage

• rice, sugar, butter, water

• electricity, gas, power

• money, currency

We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:

• This news is very important.
• This coffee tastes bad.

We do not use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music".

But we can say :

• a piece of news
• a bottle of water
• a grain of rice

We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:

• I've got some money.
• Have you got any rice?

We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:

• I've got a little money.
• I haven't got much rice.
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Exercises:

• A/ Write "c" if the noun is countable, "uc" if the noun is uncountable.

Example: tomato:"c"

1. tree
2. sugar
3. rice
4. water
5. cup
6. friend
7. school
8. love
9. table
10. time

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B/• Use a singular or plural verb in the following exercises.

Remember uncountable nouns always take singular nouns.

Example: I like cheese. (like)

1. She (read)………….books every day.
2. They (come )……………..to school by minibus .
3. Karim (work)…………….very hard at home.
4. I (like)……………….to sit at the seaside in Alanya.
5. We always (do) …………..the exercises very carefully.
6. Mounir never (cook) ……………meals to us at home.
7. Some students (drive) ……………..very fast at the school campus.
8. He (speak)……………..two ********s ; English and French .
9. We (watch) …………..good films on tv every day
10. The class (begin)……………at 8:15
11. Milk...................healthy. (be)
12. Grape juice..................good. (taste)
13. Grapes.................delicious. (be)
14. A grape..................on the floor. (be)
15. Rome...............(be) a beautiful city.
16. Monkeys ....................bananas. (eat)
17. Sandwiches.......................... good. (be)
18. You........................ great pizza. (make)
19. The pictures ................beautiful. (look)
20. English...................... interesting. (be)

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GOOD LUCK.